BioWare Co-Founders Dr. Ray Muzyka
and Dr. Greg Zeschuk, accepting acknowledgement of the award during
the game's midnight launch event last month in New York
Star Wars: The Old Republic has been officially recognised by
Guinness World Records on the heels of the game's launch last
month.
In the latest Guinness World Records
2012 Gamer's Edition the franchise's second major massively
multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) is awarded for an
unprecedented feat.
The game, developed by BioWare with LucasArts and EA, boasts a
record-breaking effort as the Largest Entertainment Voice Over
Project ever. More than 200,000 lines of recorded dialogue were
performed by several hundred voice actors, making it a far more
ambitious recording project than any undertaking for a feature
film.
This record is included in an eye-popping two-page spread that
pays homage to 30 years of Star Wars gaming with fun facts, figures
and new records from the storied franchise. The spread also
takes a look back at all the games created since the 1982 debut of
The Empire Strikes Back for the Atari 2600 to issue its own special
Top 10 list of the world's best Star Wars games.
The new Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer's Edition lists the
following games as the best in the galaxy:
1. Knights of the Old Republic
2. Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
3. X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter
4. Empire At War
5. Rogue Squadron
6. Jedi Outcast
7. Super Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
8. Republic Commando
9. Star Wars Arcade
10.The Force Unleashed II
*Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer's Edition is out now in the US and Australia, and available in the UK on January 19th. Click here to find out more.
